Types of Energy Physics

What is sound energy?

• The energy of moving electrons; anything that you plug in

• One of the two types of energy; motion

• The energy when an object or substance vibrates; produces noise

• Electromagnetic energy that travels in waves and gives off light

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Energy of electrically charged particles moving from one place to another is

• light energy

• electrical energy

• chemical energy

• mechanical energy

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Can you guess the type of energy that is all about movement and action?

• Potential

• Kinetic

• Sound

• Gravitational

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Imagine you're a super scientist! Can you tell me what type of energy a battery converts from one form to another?

• Does it convert sound to kinetic energy?

• Or maybe it changes light to heat energy?

• Could it be transforming mechanical to electrical energy?

• Or is it converting chemical to electrical energy?

Imagine you're a superhero who can harness the power of the wind! What kind of energy are you converting when you spin those giant wind turbines and windmills?

• Kinetic to electric

• Gravitational potential to electric

• Mechanical to potential

• Thermal to sound

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Imagine you're on a thrilling roller coaster ride. Can you guess where you would have the maximum potential energy?

• At the bottom of a big, scary hill

• When you're zipping around a sharp corner

• When you're hanging upside down, hair flying everywhere

• At the very top of a gigantic hill, just before the drop

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Can you guess the type of energy shown in this exciting picture?

• Kinetic

• Potential

• Chemical

• Sound

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Can you guess the type of energy shown in this exciting picture?

• Thermal

• Potential

• Nuclear

• Mechanical

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Imagine you're at a party, dancing with a glow stick in your hand. It lights up the room for a while, but then fades. This light show is actually a transformation from what to what?

• Heat to light - like a bonfire

• Gravity to potential - like a roller coaster

• Radiant to electrical - like a solar panel

• Chemical to light - like a glow stick

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Imagine you're on a thrilling roller coaster ride. Can you guess where you would experience the maximum rush of kinetic energy?

• At the bottom of a big, scary hill

• While taking a sharp, exciting corner

• When you're hanging upside down, defying gravity

• At the peak of a towering hill

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